Definition of sonde
: any of various devices for testing physical conditions (as at high altitudes, below the earth's surface, or inside the body)
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In addition to the jet — which is also equipped with Doppler radar to study wind — the program is launching other sondes, from a ship and a small atoll near the Equator.
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A brief whooshing noise was the only indication that a sonde had been released.
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